The increase in penny production costs has been partly driven by the rising costs of metals like zinc and copper, according to the U.S. Mint report. A modern US penny contains only 2.5% copper ...

He pointed to pennies such as the 1943 Copper Penny or the 1982-D Small Date Copper Penny that might jump in price. Rare coin and precious metal collector Jonathan Aminov told CBS News he doesn't ...

MACON, Ga. — That old copper penny in your pocket might be going the way of the silver dollar. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump said he ordered the US Mint to stop making pennies.

Or more likely, could the nickel see a change in composition, as the penny did in 1982, when it went from mostly copper to mostly zinc? When that happened, the price of the former rose so high ...

Swift was photographed arriving with pals and musical collaborators Este, Danielle, and Alana Haim, wearing a fluffy Penny Lane coat ... The cropped black faux leather jacket has a shaggy ...

To help prevent these types of thefts, experts recommend installing a traditional downspout with a faux copper finish. You can also anchor them down with copper clamps or brass brackets.

and a short-haired faux-fur topper. So, you’ll rarely catch me wearing something bold like a Penny Lane coat. That is until I saw three trendsetting celebrities with entirely different styles ...

The U.S. government has already devalued the penny. In 1982, the mint removed most of the copper from the penny. Before that year, pennies were composed of 95 percent copper and 5 percent zinc. Due to ...

But since 1982, nearly all of the metal used has been zinc. So the copper industry can shrug off Trump’s move, which economists have long called a no-brainer because each penny costs more to make than ...

Production of a half-cent coin stopped in 1857. Despite the state’s leading role in copper production, some Arizona lawmakers have advocated for phasing out the penny. In 1989, Jim Kolbe, a Republican ...